Langley Loop & Tuttle Creek Housekeeping
One of the more popular trip reports over this summer has been my Mount Langley Loop hike, a summer climb up Langley’s East-Southeast Ridge and down Army Pass to Cottonwood Lakes.
Unfortunately, I never finished converting the report to my site’s newer format (with expandable photos), so things looked a little out of sorts. I’ve finally updated the pages—better late than never—as part of a furious site housekeeping run I’ve been on the past few weeks. Hopefully, I’ll have everything in top shape for the upcoming Winter season.
In the mean time, if you haven’t read the Langley climb, now is a good time. Despite last week’s snow storm, this hike should stay in condition through October. Or at least until the next blizzard arrives.
Also freshly updated is my long-lost Tuttle Creek Shakedown trip. I can’t help but recall this one fondly, as the (many!) mistakes I made on this tour paved the way for future winter camping and skiing successes on Mounts Langley, Williamson, and Shasta in short order.
Funny thing about this one is how few photos I took. Things were going so poorly in the Tuttle Drainage (and it was so cold) I didn’t stop for the usual photo ops. This made the trip report a little more challenging than usual to put together, but I managed to borrow a few images from later Tuttle visits, and I must say I’m happy with the result.




